This theory can explain all the various presentations of the autism spectrum.
1. The degree and duration of compression is variable. Autistic behavior is directly
proportional to the severity of the compression. Most are large babies relative to mom's size.
If they were delivered by C-section, it is usually for failure to progress or large babies. The
compression can start as early as the 2nd trimester, perinatally, during delivery, postnatally
and in childhood.
2. In the adult, personality, character traits, and neural networks are fully developed. After
an adult has a traumatic brain injury they are "different" or are "never the same." Some even
have seizures. In children, development unfolds and unfolds abnormally and there is no prior
history to compare.
3. In twins, if the pair are male and female, the male tends to be 'slower' in terms of
development because of the larger mass and need for room. If the twins are identical males,
twin B is usually the slower, less active, the one that gets 'stomped' and more likely to be
autistic.
4. Most have food (casein and gluten) sensitivities. If they are compressed anteriorly (face),
a ganglion near the sinuses are responsible for respiratory and food allergy. Congestion
and poor drainage causes pain and discomfort. Embryologically, the respiratory system
derived from the gastrointestinal system [Chinese medicine treat based on this fact].
5. Seizures - adults and even older normal children after a traumatic brain injury, fall, car
accident, where the head is whacked, can have scar tissue that cause seizures;
6. The most severely autistic children who can not express their pain, hit and hurt themselves
(to try and get rid of the pain). This behavior is pure, simple, pain and frustration.
7. Autistic children have a range of abnormally shaped heads. In normal children, the head
grows because the brain grows and pushes out against the plates of bone that form the skull.
These autistic children are severe and head development can range small to extreme:
microcephalic (small headed) - long term compression in utero and the plates of bone are
'stuck.' The brain tries to grow but cannot.
macrocephalic (large headed) - long term compression postnatally of the deep bones of the
head and face; the facial features and head shape are not proportional because growth is
restricted in the deeper areas of the face and brain, consequently expansion is only possible
outward and circumferential, along the pathways of least resistance.
dysmorphic (abnormal facial features/disproportion) - variable compression at different
sutures that does not allow for normal expansion and development.
8. autistic children do not recognize others because they do not recognize themselves, their
place and anything else in the space around them; adults with traumatic physical strains have
a distorted sense of 'self.' their personalities are well formed prior to physical trauma and so
remain intact; but their sense of 'self,' the space around them and their place in that warped
space is distorted. see David who has been in chronic pain x 20yrs, spent close to $30,000
over the years to find answers and has come close to 90% of what he should be...
1. The degree and duration of compression is variable. Autistic behavior is directly
proportional to the severity of the compression. Most are large babies relative to mom's size.
If they were delivered by C-section, it is usually for failure to progress or large babies. The
compression can start as early as the 2nd trimester, perinatally, during delivery, postnatally
and in childhood.
2. In the adult, personality, character traits, and neural networks are fully developed. After
an adult has a traumatic brain injury they are "different" or are "never the same." Some even
have seizures. In children, development unfolds and unfolds abnormally and there is no prior
history to compare.
3. In twins, if the pair are male and female, the male tends to be 'slower' in terms of
development because of the larger mass and need for room. If the twins are identical males,
twin B is usually the slower, less active, the one that gets 'stomped' and more likely to be
autistic.
4. Most have food (casein and gluten) sensitivities. If they are compressed anteriorly (face),
a ganglion near the sinuses are responsible for respiratory and food allergy. Congestion
and poor drainage causes pain and discomfort. Embryologically, the respiratory system
derived from the gastrointestinal system [Chinese medicine treat based on this fact].
5. Seizures - adults and even older normal children after a traumatic brain injury, fall, car
accident, where the head is whacked, can have scar tissue that cause seizures;
6. The most severely autistic children who can not express their pain, hit and hurt themselves
(to try and get rid of the pain). This behavior is pure, simple, pain and frustration.
7. Autistic children have a range of abnormally shaped heads. In normal children, the head
grows because the brain grows and pushes out against the plates of bone that form the skull.
These autistic children are severe and head development can range small to extreme:
microcephalic (small headed) - long term compression in utero and the plates of bone are
'stuck.' The brain tries to grow but cannot.
macrocephalic (large headed) - long term compression postnatally of the deep bones of the
head and face; the facial features and head shape are not proportional because growth is
restricted in the deeper areas of the face and brain, consequently expansion is only possible
outward and circumferential, along the pathways of least resistance.
dysmorphic (abnormal facial features/disproportion) - variable compression at different
sutures that does not allow for normal expansion and development.
8. autistic children do not recognize others because they do not recognize themselves, their
place and anything else in the space around them; adults with traumatic physical strains have
a distorted sense of 'self.' their personalities are well formed prior to physical trauma and so
remain intact; but their sense of 'self,' the space around them and their place in that warped
space is distorted. see David who has been in chronic pain x 20yrs, spent close to $30,000
over the years to find answers and has come close to 90% of what he should be...
Autism is Traumatic Brain Injury in infants and children - the answer has to be a
comprehensive, unifying theory that explains all presentations and variations of
the spectrum, the Big Bang Theory of Autism
comprehensive, unifying theory that explains all presentations and variations of
the spectrum, the Big Bang Theory of Autism
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Update on Alicia - Prior to taking maternity leave, I gave treatment instructions to Alicia's
parents. It was very simple, but for some reason they refused to do it for her, even though
she loved it and cooperated for it. Within 6 months, Alicia has now regressed. The child I
see now does not make eye contact with me, does not happily greet me. I am convinced that
she is hurting and locked-up in her pain; unfortunately, the window of her development will be
closing soon. There are some patients I just can not save...
parents. It was very simple, but for some reason they refused to do it for her, even though
she loved it and cooperated for it. Within 6 months, Alicia has now regressed. The child I
see now does not make eye contact with me, does not happily greet me. I am convinced that
she is hurting and locked-up in her pain; unfortunately, the window of her development will be
closing soon. There are some patients I just can not save...
The Future of Autism:
1. rates of austim will continue to rise to 20% in the US; China, India and other countries will
see their rates rise as well to match the US as they become increasingly industrialized
2. sadly, there will never be an answer or 'cure' because this is a developmental process
that has to be prevented or reversed and the research and treatment options focus on
medications that temper the symptoms but do not address cause; as in adult TBI, the best
way of handling the 'disease' is prevention and early intervention and continuing supportive
intervention.
Meanwhile, as these children grow up untreated, they will continue to be locked up in pain,
in their own world, unable to express their pain, unable to grow and develop.
1. rates of austim will continue to rise to 20% in the US; China, India and other countries will
see their rates rise as well to match the US as they become increasingly industrialized
2. sadly, there will never be an answer or 'cure' because this is a developmental process
that has to be prevented or reversed and the research and treatment options focus on
medications that temper the symptoms but do not address cause; as in adult TBI, the best
way of handling the 'disease' is prevention and early intervention and continuing supportive
intervention.
Meanwhile, as these children grow up untreated, they will continue to be locked up in pain,
in their own world, unable to express their pain, unable to grow and develop.
Does this discussion
seem to ring true for you
and your child? Please
discuss the possibility
with others in your
support group.
One way to check is to
simply touch your child's
head. Compressed,
injured heads are hard
to touch. Injured tissues
over time feel like a
rock. Compare your
child's head to yours, or
another normal child.
Touch. Feel. The
difference is there, you
just have to keep an
open mind.
Finally, consider this...
1. all the ancillary
support people, child
development 'specialists'
who work with autistic
children, do they have
the scientific, clinical
background, to
comprehend the nature
of 'disease' if something
external is causing
pathology?
2. all the clinicians and
specialists who evaluate
autistic children, can any
of them do what we
traditional osteopaths do
on a regular basis and
then prove it
photographically like
those other infants with
colic, malformed and
molded heads and
plagiocephaly?
3. MD's and everybody
else are chasing
external causes and the
race to find 'the cure' in
time to save all these
kids is, unfortunately,
misdirected.
4. Direct these
questions and
controversial statements
to physical scientists,
mechanical engineers,
physicists, (car)
mechanics, and
mathematicians, or
better yet ask a dad,
who has an autistic child
and is a mechanical ,
physical scientist and
the response is that this
is a more plausible
theory than vaccines or
allergic food response of
the gut.
seem to ring true for you
and your child? Please
discuss the possibility
with others in your
support group.
One way to check is to
simply touch your child's
head. Compressed,
injured heads are hard
to touch. Injured tissues
over time feel like a
rock. Compare your
child's head to yours, or
another normal child.
Touch. Feel. The
difference is there, you
just have to keep an
open mind.
Finally, consider this...
1. all the ancillary
support people, child
development 'specialists'
who work with autistic
children, do they have
the scientific, clinical
background, to
comprehend the nature
of 'disease' if something
external is causing
pathology?
2. all the clinicians and
specialists who evaluate
autistic children, can any
of them do what we
traditional osteopaths do
on a regular basis and
then prove it
photographically like
those other infants with
colic, malformed and
molded heads and
plagiocephaly?
3. MD's and everybody
else are chasing
external causes and the
race to find 'the cure' in
time to save all these
kids is, unfortunately,
misdirected.
4. Direct these
questions and
controversial statements
to physical scientists,
mechanical engineers,
physicists, (car)
mechanics, and
mathematicians, or
better yet ask a dad,
who has an autistic child
and is a mechanical ,
physical scientist and
the response is that this
is a more plausible
theory than vaccines or
allergic food response of
the gut.
Is my child is at risk? Under Construction....
1. large baby for a truncally short mom
2. pitocin to induce at any time at all
3. excessive weight gain (disproportionate to the size of mom and mom's family)
4. more...
1. large baby for a truncally short mom
2. pitocin to induce at any time at all
3. excessive weight gain (disproportionate to the size of mom and mom's family)
4. more...
Autism Case #2 - Marina is a 7yr old Twin B. Her teacher noticed that she is often by herself.
School pyschological evaluation diagnosed her as autistic. Her nanny tells me at her 10th
visit, she is about 10% better. After 3months of treatment she talks more and is "happier."
She looks at me now, makes good eye contact, says 'hi' and lays down for her treatments.
Her treatments are no longer weekly. The nanny brings her when the family feels that she
needs treatment. It is only after her 10th through 12th visit, that I sense and can feel a
shearing vector from the back left ear straight through the middle of her brain matter to the
right front region. I check and recheck and it is there every time. As she gets clinically better,
it is less strong and prominent. They continue and insist on weekly visits because they met
the insurance deductible. Now, one of nanny and mom's complaints is that she "talks too
much." Her flapping arm/hand behavior have resolved. Interesting side story...one day,
Alicia's mom brings her in. Mom is standing there at the reception area and Marina and her
twin are having a good day. They are running around, bouncing off the walls, and making
such a ruckus, as normal, exuberant children are bound to do. When I go in the exam room
to see Alicia, I ask her mom, "I see you met the twins out in the waiting room. Can you tell
which one is autistic?" She was wide-eyed and incredulous (as if I would make this up?). I
was thinking, your child too could recover if you had given her a chance. Instead, I said
nothing and today she is still trapped.
School pyschological evaluation diagnosed her as autistic. Her nanny tells me at her 10th
visit, she is about 10% better. After 3months of treatment she talks more and is "happier."
She looks at me now, makes good eye contact, says 'hi' and lays down for her treatments.
Her treatments are no longer weekly. The nanny brings her when the family feels that she
needs treatment. It is only after her 10th through 12th visit, that I sense and can feel a
shearing vector from the back left ear straight through the middle of her brain matter to the
right front region. I check and recheck and it is there every time. As she gets clinically better,
it is less strong and prominent. They continue and insist on weekly visits because they met
the insurance deductible. Now, one of nanny and mom's complaints is that she "talks too
much." Her flapping arm/hand behavior have resolved. Interesting side story...one day,
Alicia's mom brings her in. Mom is standing there at the reception area and Marina and her
twin are having a good day. They are running around, bouncing off the walls, and making
such a ruckus, as normal, exuberant children are bound to do. When I go in the exam room
to see Alicia, I ask her mom, "I see you met the twins out in the waiting room. Can you tell
which one is autistic?" She was wide-eyed and incredulous (as if I would make this up?). I
was thinking, your child too could recover if you had given her a chance. Instead, I said
nothing and today she is still trapped.
Autism Case #3 - The Rodriguez family number four - mom, dad, and two boys. Both boys
are autistic. The family came to me very late, one was 9 years old, the other 6. Parents were
open to trying anything to help. They gave up after 4-5 visits. Then mom gets pregnant and
it will be another boy. They resolve to do everything differently - home birth, minimal medical
intervention, no vaccines and me being the new baby's pediatrician from the beginning and
doing head treatments early. The baby was huge - 8.5lbs. You can see his compressed
giant noggin. I start head OMT on the first visit, the 2nd and 3rd subsequent checks. One
day the family shows up for the baby's 4month well child check. Both parents are relaxed and
smiling in the waiting room. I check the baby and he is very alert and interactive. Mom is
pleased to report that this is the typical comment about him. She is so joyful. I have never
seen her like this. And I ask, did she never experience this kind of interaction with her other
2 boys? No. Never. Even in infancy, they did not interact like the new baby. I warned them
that 4 months is nothing. They need to enjoy my favorite developmental period in infancy -
6months, so that they can see what they missed out on. They now express ambivalence.
They asked if OMT could still help the other 2 boys. I told them the truth - that I did not know
and that it was up to them to decide. Skeptics will say that they got lucky with this baby. I say
NO. Early OMT saved this child. I felt the difference with my hands and I know it as fact.
are autistic. The family came to me very late, one was 9 years old, the other 6. Parents were
open to trying anything to help. They gave up after 4-5 visits. Then mom gets pregnant and
it will be another boy. They resolve to do everything differently - home birth, minimal medical
intervention, no vaccines and me being the new baby's pediatrician from the beginning and
doing head treatments early. The baby was huge - 8.5lbs. You can see his compressed
giant noggin. I start head OMT on the first visit, the 2nd and 3rd subsequent checks. One
day the family shows up for the baby's 4month well child check. Both parents are relaxed and
smiling in the waiting room. I check the baby and he is very alert and interactive. Mom is
pleased to report that this is the typical comment about him. She is so joyful. I have never
seen her like this. And I ask, did she never experience this kind of interaction with her other
2 boys? No. Never. Even in infancy, they did not interact like the new baby. I warned them
that 4 months is nothing. They need to enjoy my favorite developmental period in infancy -
6months, so that they can see what they missed out on. They now express ambivalence.
They asked if OMT could still help the other 2 boys. I told them the truth - that I did not know
and that it was up to them to decide. Skeptics will say that they got lucky with this baby. I say
NO. Early OMT saved this child. I felt the difference with my hands and I know it as fact.
Autism Case #4 - Steve is 10years old. His mom was referred to me because she was
looking into osteopathic treatment for him. She states that he has been through a lot of
supportive work, neurosensory reintegration and that he is "recovering." A significant
traumatic part of his past medical history is that when he was a year or two, he fell down a
flight of stairs. EMTs were called. He went to the ER and was 'OK.' I examined him and he
is structurally unsound. His face and his head was asymmetric. It was obvious to me.
Structurally, he had a cranial lesion/derangement we call a Left Sidebending-Rotation Strain
Pattern. His eye contact was poor - not because he did not want to. My heart ached for him
because he physically could not look straight at you. His left orbital socket was structurally
smaller than the right. He was forced by his strain pattern to look down and to the left. The
right eye, though more normal in size, had to follow (in what is medically necessarily called
conjugate gaze). His mouth is small. He cannot open his jaw very wide. Two years prior, he
had 4 teeth pulled to 'make room.' I did cranial OMT on his first visit and mom was amazed.
He was able to open his mouth wider than she had ever seen and we did this painlessly.
Mom was so impressed that she brought her husband in for his second visit. Her husband
had back pain which I was able to resolve in 4 visits. The child however would need more.
Unfortunately, mom had already signed up with a new orthodontist who did things "the
european way" without removing teeth by expanding the palate. She paid up front already
(in the thousands). Usually, we can change structure over time and do not like any other
practitioners touching our patients and undoing our work or causing additional strain. Mom
had to make a choice and she followed her money. The dental program was 2 years. Time
will tell if they will be coming back for OMT.
looking into osteopathic treatment for him. She states that he has been through a lot of
supportive work, neurosensory reintegration and that he is "recovering." A significant
traumatic part of his past medical history is that when he was a year or two, he fell down a
flight of stairs. EMTs were called. He went to the ER and was 'OK.' I examined him and he
is structurally unsound. His face and his head was asymmetric. It was obvious to me.
Structurally, he had a cranial lesion/derangement we call a Left Sidebending-Rotation Strain
Pattern. His eye contact was poor - not because he did not want to. My heart ached for him
because he physically could not look straight at you. His left orbital socket was structurally
smaller than the right. He was forced by his strain pattern to look down and to the left. The
right eye, though more normal in size, had to follow (in what is medically necessarily called
conjugate gaze). His mouth is small. He cannot open his jaw very wide. Two years prior, he
had 4 teeth pulled to 'make room.' I did cranial OMT on his first visit and mom was amazed.
He was able to open his mouth wider than she had ever seen and we did this painlessly.
Mom was so impressed that she brought her husband in for his second visit. Her husband
had back pain which I was able to resolve in 4 visits. The child however would need more.
Unfortunately, mom had already signed up with a new orthodontist who did things "the
european way" without removing teeth by expanding the palate. She paid up front already
(in the thousands). Usually, we can change structure over time and do not like any other
practitioners touching our patients and undoing our work or causing additional strain. Mom
had to make a choice and she followed her money. The dental program was 2 years. Time
will tell if they will be coming back for OMT.